Lead Software Engineer

Chalkboard is building the future of sports gaming, aiming to create a social and immersive experience for fans. They are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to take ownership of critical product and platform areas, ensuring scalability and reliability while driving technical excellence and team collaboration.

Responsibilities:

• You’ll lead a pod to build and scale critical systems at Chalkboard, driving technical excellence, execution, and cross-team alignment
• Act as the technical leader for your pod, partnering with Product to shape roadmap and delivery
• Own system architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance across services
• Establish and uphold best practices in system design, data integrity, and engineering quality
• Lead sprint planning, technical decision-making, and release coordination
• Drive clarity through strong documentation and improved engineering processes
• Identify gaps in systems, processes, and architecture—and take action to address them
• Improve team velocity, predictability, and execution through better planning and communication
• Coach and support engineers while remaining hands-on in building and problem-solving
• Build strong partnerships across Product, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams
• Increase collaboration and trust across distributed teams
• Raise the bar for ownership, accountability, and technical excellence across pods

Requirements:

• ~8+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong full-stack experience (Node.js, React, React Native preferred)
• Deep understanding of system design, databases, and scalable architectures
• Experience working with modern data stores (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB) and cloud platforms (e.g., GCP)
• Proven ability to own and operate high-impact, production systems
• Experience in fast-paced, startup environments with an enterprise-level mindset
• Ability to balance technical leadership with hands-on execution
• Strong product intuition and ability to collaborate cross-functionally
• Experience working on high-scale or transaction-heavy systems
• Background in payments, financial systems, or other mission-critical domains
• Experience in sports betting, gaming, or consumer-facing real-time products
• Prior experience leading pods or small engineering teams